gave source code to a fund raising drive netted more than $7000 to jump-start Project Messerwetzer Skilled volunteers and playtesters rallied to the call a free 5MB to 6MB patch that will be finally polished and playtested. "Submarine marries Destroyer: The long vaunted union of SSI naval-sims is complete - thanks to fans".
The fan community raised over $7000 for an unofficial patch development project called Projekt Messerwetzer which ultimately fixed the issues. While in 2002 Ubisoft had ended the official support, they authorized and enabled the game's community at to fix the game themselves by giving them the source code. Īfter release, instability with the multiplayer feature was found to be commonplace, yet Ubisoft never resolved this issue by releasing another official patch. After considerable delays it was released in November 2001 after three years of work. Silent Hunter II was originally being developed by Aeon Electronic Entertainment, the developers of Silent Hunter, but they had to leave the project unfinished, and Ultimation Inc. Furthermore, connectivity to the separate game Destroyer Command (also released by Ubisoft) was available, which enabled sub and surface ship combat. Players were able to connect with other Silent Hunter II players, and engage in sub vs. Silent Hunter II was developed with multi-player support as a notable feature.
#SILENT HUNTER 4 BATTLESHIP SERIES#
German World War II veteran and sub commander Erich Topp was one of the game's technical advisers, and a series of interviews with him appears in the game. In addition to some separate single-player missions, they also come as a string in the theme of "U-boat highlights", allowing the player to re-experience such well-known adventures as sinking HMS Avenger as U-155, retrieving the war diary from the German battleship Bismarck and Operation Drumbeat against American shipping. The game offers single-player and multiplayer missions. Silent Hunter II gives the player the command of a German U-boat during the Second Battle of the Atlantic.
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